A man allegedly "racially abused" a female garage worker in Epsom before "throwing a bottle at her".

The alleged incident happened at a petrol station in Reigate Road at around 9.50am last Friday (March 18).

Posting on Facebook, Epsom and Ewell neighbourhood PC Rachel Baptiste said a man asked about an item which was not stocked at the shop and then left.

"A short while later, he returned to the store, forced his way to the front of a queue of customers and became racially abusive to the female victim, who worked at the garage, and threw a bottle at her before leaving."

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PC Baptiste added: "The man is described as being in his late 20s, pale skinned, 5ft 4in tall and with black hair in a ponytail. He appeared to have scabs on his left hand."

If anyone has any information as to the identity of the man pictured in the CCTV image, call Surrey Police on 101 or 01483 571212 quoting reference 45160022003.